Poison-bottle.



A. L. LARSEN.

POISON BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21,1913.

1,080,464, Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

UITE STATES BATENT OFFICE.

AXEL L. LABSEN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

POISON-BOTTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL L. LAnsnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented new and useful Improvements in Poison-Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to poison bottles; and it has for its object theprovision of an audible signal which can be arranged on the bottle, soas to be disturbed when the latter is handled and thereby cause asounding of the alarm and indicate to the user that the bottle containsa poisonous or dangerous drug.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an alarm attachmentfor poison bottles which may be readily connected with bottles of anystandard construction.

With these and other objects in. view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice, showin the application of the same to a bottle; Fig. 2 is avertical section therethrough; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thedevice detached from the bottle.

The device comprises an attaching member 1 which is referably in theform of a flat resilient split band which may be made of a size withparticular regard to the external diameter of a bottle neck, so as to accurately accommodate itself thereto and thereby properly sustain thealarm or sound ing means in operative position.

The attaching device 1 is provided with an arm 2, which may beconstructed of flat sheet metal bent upon itself at one end as at 3 soas to provide parallel connecting portions 4, between which theattaching member 1 may be engaged and soldered or otherwise secured inplace in any suitable obvious manner. The arm 2 extends upwardly, as at5, away from the attaching member 1 and it is terminally extendeddownwardly, as at 6, and riveted or otherwise suitably secured at 7 to abell or similar sounding device or alarm means 8. The portion 9 of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1913.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 756,029.

arm 2 at the point of connection of the portion 5 with the portion 6 isspaced from an adjacent portion of the bell 8 and arranged slightlywithin the hollow or cup of the bell and as shown it is apertured at 10for the reception of the upper end of a flexible and elastic tapper arm11 which may be constructed of a single strip of rubber and pro vided atits lower end with a relatively heavy metallic object 12.

Incident to the relative positions of the several parts of the device asdescribed, it is evident that the hell 8 is normally sustained in avertical position at one side of the bottle neck and that the arm 11 isarranged normally in a perpendicular position with the metallic object12 thereof spaced from the walls of the bell. This construction is suchthat when the bottle is disturbed in any way or canted. the flexible arm11 will be in stantly influenced. and. as a consequence, the metallicobject 12 thereof will be brought into sounding contact with the bell,so as to give the desired alarm and consequently indicate to the userthat the bottle contains a dangerous or poisonous drug or substance.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inven-'tion will be readily understood without rcquiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is An alarm for poisonbottles comprising an elastic attaching member, an arm secured to andextending from the attaching member, a bell secured to one terminal ofthe arm, a rubber element depending from the arm and located within thebell and a metallic sounding object carried by said element.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AXEL L. LARSEN.

Witnesses:

T. G. TI-IQMPSON, H. A. VVoLn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

